Smart Grid Consulting Services

GridBright helps electric utilities improve grid operations through smarter solutions for managing resiliency, distributed resources, and renewables. The utility business is changing and new investments in Smart Grid technology need to be made wisely for utilities to survive this transformation. GridBright consultants are working at the forefront of the changes in areas such as renewables, grid optimization, and grid reliability. GridBright brings this experience to our clients by helping them navigate the changes by providing the following services:

Grid Operational Analytics

Grid Analytics is the science of using data to help run the grid more efficiently and reliably. Historical analytics help operators learn from what happened in the past, so that they can better forecast what might happen in the future. Real-time analytics combine traditional SCADA sources with newer ‘Internet of Things’ telemetry to provide more comprehensive situational awareness. Predictive analytics help operators run the network closer to true operating limits and optimize asset lifecycles.

GridBright has deep expertise with integrating and leveraging vast amounts of data to support smarter grid operations through analytics:

Outage Management

Calculate historical outage and recovery metrics (e.g. SAIDI and CAIDI) by area and root cause to help predict risks , spot trends, prioritize changes and focus efforts on reliability goals.

Predictive Grid Analytics

Forecasting distribution network power balance, power flows, congestion, and violations to support optimal power flow (OPF) and volt-var optimization (VVO).

Technology Strategies through Implementation

The utility business is changing and new investments in Smart Grid technology need to made wisely for utilities to survive this transformation change going on the industry. GridBright consultants are working at the forefront of the changes in areas such as renewables, grid optimization, and grid reliability. GridBright brings this experience to our clients by helping them navigate the changes by providing the following services:

Strategies and Roadmaps

Create multi-year business cases and technology transformation plans that bridge the gap from your current state to advanced grid operations.

Customization and Upgrade Services

We are the Specialists in Grid Management

We have hands on experience with multiple smart grid technology products from ADMS, OMS, DERMS, AMI, analytics, integration, and platform technology from leading vendors. Each of our consultants has a minimum of 15 years of experience with utility operations software. Collectively they have been involved with more than 45 utility software implementations around the globe. They have a long history of working with various vendor business unit support, development and services. They have established an impeccable track record of delivering services and solutions on time and on budget, and have strong references from many utilities, large and small.